Overview

• A Becker County jury was seated Monday and opening statements began Tuesday after a series of postponements tied to legislative scheduling and security fears
• Mitchell faces charges of first-degree burglary and felony possession of burglary tools for entering her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home in April 2024
• Court rules impose a ten-minute livestream delay and tightened access after last month’s assassination attempt on Rep. Melissa Hortman
• Prosecutors are set to present 17 pieces of evidence, including a crowbar recovered from a basement window, a flashlight covered by a sock and bodycam footage of the arrest
• A guilty verdict could trigger a Senate removal vote and cost the DFL its one-seat majority in the Minnesota Senate